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72-614: Kinlochshiel Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Rèaraig, Balmacara , near Kyle of Lochalsh , Lochalsh , Scotland. The club has two sides, a senior team which competes in the Mowi Premiership and a reserve team in North Division One . Kinlochshiel won their first ever senior national trophy with the 2016 MacAulay Cup . In 2017 they won their inaugural premiership, becoming only the fourth team to do so, and

144-577: A Scotland-wide basis since 1996, the lower leagues are based on geography. Many clubs run second teams that also compete in these leagues against clubs with only one senior side. Shinty was traditionally played through the winter , based around the tradition of the "Iomain Challainn", where New Year was marked by a game between neighbouring parishes. The summer was left free for seasonal work and friendly tournaments. The Winter season always ran over, however, and many teams would find themselves finishing

216-565: A complete restructuring of the way in which shinty was organised and managed. That led to the move away from a dependence on volunteers to govern the sport, to the Association's first salaried employees. There are shinty clubs in Aberdeen , Aberdour ( Fife ), Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , Cornwall , Oxford and even London . University Shinty is a popular section of the sport, with almost all Scotland's main universities possessing

288-471: A hook in it, hence caman , from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic word cam , meaning bent or crooked. It can also be called a stick or club. The slant of the face will vary according to the position that the stick is used for. It can be made according to the player's height. Plastic camans are common in the youth variant "First Shinty". A player can play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of

360-522: A late comeback which saw them go 4–3 down in injury-time then force extra-time with the last hit of the ball. The final save in the penalty shoot out gained internet notoriety as it was accidentally saved by keeper Graham Kennedy with his head – technically a foul which should have resulted in a retake – and also an unwise decision to make regarding personal safety. Co-manager Keith Loades stepped down in December 2010, leaving Johnston Gill in sole charge of

432-640: A promising season ahead under the wing of Willie "DoonceMoth" MacRae. 2016 saw the club push for the top of the premiership, aided by the signing from Beauly of Scotland international Conor Cormack. The club were too easily defeated in the Camanachd Cup semi-final in August 2016 by Newtonmore. However, under new manager Colin Fraser the club made history in September 2016 when they defeated Inveraray 5–3 in

504-568: A re-vamped Northallerton Shinty Club was formed. The club is hoping to draw in a few former players, but wants to focus on raising awareness of the game in Yorkshire and bringing new local players into the game. Shinty was played widely in England in the 19th century and early 20th century, with teams such as London Scots, Bolton Caledonian and Cottonopolis; Nottingham Forest F.C. was established by shinty players. Since 2012 London has hosted

576-737: A rearranged match at Newtonmore after the first game was rained out on 17 August 2007 in Oban. The first team also missed out on promotion to the Premier Division, coming second in North Division One. In 2009, the club reached the Balliemore Cup Final for the fifth time, losing 5–1 to Strathglass . Again, the club reached the Balliemore Final in 2010. They defeated Lochaber Camanachd on penalties after

648-477: A single fixture in the early 1990s. Kingussie's unmatched run of dominance was ended on 2 September 2006 by rivals Newtonmore , who defeated Oban Camanachd 2–0 to ensure that Kingussie could not catch the team at the top of the Premier Division . However, Newtonmore were unable to replace their neighbours as champions, as the first post-Kingussie champions were confirmed as Fort William , who sealed

720-488: A team. Historically, Glasgow University , Aberdeen University and Edinburgh University have vied for supremacy, but in recent years, Strathclyde University , Robert Gordon University , Dundee University , and the University of St. Andrews have risen to prominence. Clubs compete in various competitions, both cup and league, on a national and also North/South basis. While the top Premier Division has been played on

792-478: Is bandy , which is played on ice. In Scottish Gaelic the name for bandy is "ice shinty" ( camanachd-deighe ) and in the past bandy and shinty (and shinney ) could be used interchangeably in the English language. Hurling , an Irish pastime for at least 2,000 years similar to shinty, is derived from the historic game common to both peoples. Shinty/hurling appears prominently in the legend of Cúchulainn ,

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864-661: Is a shinty club first established in the Victorian era , competing in English and Scottish competitions such as the English League, the Bullough Cup and most recently in the Camanachd Cup in 1994. They went into abeyance in 1995, but were reconstituted in 2005. They played the first officially recognised shinty match outside Scotland in 80 years on 22 July 2006 against the Highlanders . They compete annually in

936-413: Is a synonym for street hockey , pond hockey or any informal game of hockey. It derives its name from shinty, although a myth there perpetuates that it came from children tying Eaton's catalogues around their legs to protect their shins from flying pucks or slashing. The English Shinty Association (ESA) is the main body for promoting and encouraging the sport of shinty in England. London Camanachd

1008-402: Is between seven and a half and eight inches (19 and 20 cm) and weight between two and a half and three ounces (71 and 85 g). The ball is usually white, but there is no statutory colour, black being a common colour for Kyles Athletic, and fluorescent balls now being available. Plastic balls or soft balls are often used in youth competitions such as the variant "First Shinty". The ball

1080-603: Is governed by the Camanachd Association ( Scottish Gaelic : Comann na Camanachd ). The association came into being in the late Victorian era as a means of formulating common rules to unite the various different codes and rules which differed between neighbouring glens. Its first meeting was held in Kingussie in 1893. The Camanachd Association maintained its initial structure for much of its first century. The 'Future of Shinty' Report published in 1981 led to

1152-409: Is not allowed to catch it. Playing the ball with the head constitutes a foul whether intentional or not, as it is considered dangerous play. Other examples of dangerous play, which will be penalised, are a player, while grounded, playing the ball, or a player recklessly swinging the caman in the air in a way which might endanger another player. Fouls are penalised by a free-hit, which is indirect unless

1224-489: Is of the Camanachd Cup final. Regional newspaper The Press and Journal runs shinty coverage twice a week (Mondays and Fridays). The first-ever shinty match broadcast live on television was the 1964 Celtic Society Cup Final. Although Camanachd Cup finals and internationals have been shown over the years, 2006 marked the first-ever regular TV deal for shinty with matches being shown on the BBC Sports show Spòrs . This

1296-729: Is played in the British Army , with The Scots Shinty Club keeping alive the tradition of the game being played in the Forces. Shinty is also being revived among the Scottish diaspora in North America , where it was originally played in the 18th and 19th century by Scottish immigrants, but died out. More recent teams such as Northern California Camanachd Club (NCCC), Central California Cammanchd (CCC), and Oregon Shinty-Camanachd (OSC) play at Highland games and other venues across

1368-580: Is played using a caman , which is a stick about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (1.1 m) long with two slanted faces. The stick has a wedge shaped head, roughly triangular in cross section, which must be able to pass through a ring two and a half inches (6.4 cm) in diameter. Unlike the Irish camán , it has no blade. The caman is traditionally made of wood, traditionally ash but now more commonly hickory , and must not have any plate or metal attached to it. The caman would be made from any piece of wood with

1440-515: Is shoulder-to-shoulder. The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling / camogie and the Welsh game of bando , but has developed unique rules and features. These rules are governed by the Camanachd Association . A composite rules shinty–hurling game has been developed, which allows Scotland and Ireland to play annual international matches. Another sport with common ancestry

1512-401: Is traditionally played on grass, although as of 2009 the sport may be played on artificial turf. The pitch also has marks indicating a 10-yard (10 m) area around the goals, the penalty and centre spots (along with their associated arcs/circles of 5 yards or 5 metres radius), and corner arcs at the corners of the rectangular pitch of 2 yards or 2 metres radius. The goals, at opposite ends of

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1584-646: The Camanachd Cup (or less commonly the Scottish Cup ) is the premier competition in the sport of shinty . It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shinty. The tournament was first played in 1896 with Kingussie beating Glasgow Cowal 2–0 at Needlefield Park, Inverness. At present the tournament is contested by the eligible teams in North and South Division 1 (and from 2014, National Division One), together with

1656-619: The Celtic mythology hero. A similar game is played on the Isle of Man known as cammag , a name cognate with camanachd. The old form of hurling played in the northern half of Ireland, called "commons", resembled shinty more closely than the standardised form of hurling of today. Like shinty, it was commonly known as camánacht and was traditionally played in winter. It is still played regularly on St Stephen's Day in St John's . The origins of

1728-495: The Scottish Lowlands , where it was formerly referred to as hailes , common / cammon ( caman ), cammock (from Scottish Gaelic camag ), knotty , carrick and various other names, as well as the terms still used to refer to it in modern Gaelic, camanachd or iomain . Shinty was once a popular game in lowland Scotland, as shown by its name shintie , a term which took that form around 1700, displacing

1800-473: The 1960s, progressively expanding to allow a maximum of three substitutions per game. As of 2011, a rule change allowed for rolling substitutions to be made at the senior level. In common with many sports, it became formalised in the Victorian Era and the first organised clubs were established in cities such as Glasgow and London where there were thousands of Gaels resident. In 1887, a historic game

1872-462: The 23rd time. This win also marked 100 years since Kingussie won 6–1 against Kyles at Possil Park in Glasgow. Four-months after this final Britain declared war on Germany. By the end of 1918, six players of the winning team were dead; two had been shot and wounded and one had been badly gassed. To commemorate this, the 2014 winning team wore specially-made shirts which included a remembrance poppy and

1944-637: The English Shinty Championships against Cornwall, Oxford, Devon and Bristol as well as playing shinty–hurling matches and organising sporadic friendlies against visiting teams. On 28 December 2010 Ireland held its first dedicated shinty match in Westmeath, with players who have played the Compromise rules Shinty/Hurling . A Cornwall Shinty Club was established in 2012, playing their first game on 21 April 2012 against London;

2016-550: The MacAulay Cup final. This was their first senior national trophy. The game was broadcast live on BBC Two. In 2017, the club had its most successful season ever when it secured for the first time the Premier Division title. They were pursued all season long by Kyles Athletic, but a 4–0 win at Kirkton gave Kyles the edge going towards a final day game at Oban. With Kyles' game cancelled due to wet weather, Shiel overcame Oban Camanachd 2–0 to spark scenes of celebration. Shiel were

2088-511: The South. In recognition of shinty's shared roots with hurling, an annual international between the two codes from Scotland and Ireland is played on a home and away basis using composite rules . In recent years, the Irish have had the upper hand, but the Scots won the fixture narrowly in 2005 and again in 2006, this time at Croke Park , Dublin , albeit with the Irish fielding weaker players from

2160-646: The Southern League, for clubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh and the surrounding areas. Over time, there have been moves to amalgamate leagues and, since the 1980s, a push for national competition at the highest levels. In the modern era of league shinty, Kingussie have been unsurpassed in their domination of the sport; according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, Kingussie is world sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive league championships and going four years without losing

2232-625: The Sutherland Cup in 1962 and the Strathdearn in 1975. Whilst the club have been successful over the years, a troublesome patch in the 1990s led to Kinlochshiel dropping down to the lowest division in the North and working their way back up the leagues and re-establishing a reserve team. This has reaped long term benefits and the club are now considered one of the best teams outside the top flight. The club boasts international players Finlay MacRae and Keith MacRae in their ranks. In 2006,

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2304-772: The USA. Local papers, such as the West Highland Free Press , The Buteman , the Oban Times and the Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard , have in-depth shinty reports. The Inverness-based media reduce shinty coverage to one summary of the whole weekend's action, as do national newspapers, such as the Sunday Herald and the Sunday Post . The only significant national press coverage

2376-567: The annual "London Shinty Festival", which has been attended by Cornwall, London, Oxford Shinty Club , St Andrews university ladies team, and the Scots. It is an open tournament held in late September after the Shinty season is finished to allow any travelling teams the opportunity to attend. Since 2013, a combined English Shinty Association side has entered the Bullough cup, being beaten in 2013 by Tayforth and then in 2014 by Ballachulish. Shinty

2448-508: The attacking side." A goal cannot be scored directly from a free-hit. Teams consist of 12 players (men) or 10 players (women), including a goalkeeper. A match is played over two halves of 45 minutes. With the exception of the goalkeeper, no player is allowed to play the ball with his hands. There are also variants with smaller sides, with some adjustments in the field size and duration of play. As with sports such as football , shinty originally did not have substitutes. These were introduced in

2520-399: The ball with the shaft of the caman, and the ball must be directly overhead when struck. The winner of a game is the team that scores the most goals. A team scores a goal "when the whole of the ball has passed over the goal-line and under the cross-bar". A goal can only be scored with the caman; there is no goal when the ball "has been kicked, carried or propelled by hand or arm by a player of

2592-609: The club was joined by the wider shinty community in mourning for Johnny "Ach" Macrae, referee co-ordinator for the Camanachd Association and former North Player of the Year who died at the age of 50. His funeral was attended by over 3000 people. 2007 was a very successful year for the club as they won North Division Three and the Balliemore Cup . The club won the Balliemore Cup on 1 September 2007 against Glenurquhart in

2664-587: The club, all won within five years. The club is the only team specifically referred to in the Runrig song, Clash of the Ash , in the lines: "Tell me who's gonna mark the Kinlochshiel Bear He's hard as nails, quick as a flash He comes down from the caves For the clash of the ash" – Clash of the Ash, C&R MacDonald, 2007 Shinty While comparisons are often made with field hockey ,

2736-605: The competition was designed to ensure the final was between the North and South. The Macaulay Cup still preserves a guaranteed North/South Final. There are national equivalents for the Camanachd Cup for intermediate and junior teams. There are regional cups for both senior and junior teams; the MacTavish Cup is the senior cup for the North and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup is the one for

2808-552: The competition without conceding a goal. In 2006, the Cup had its first ever televised draw on BBC Scotland sports programme Spòrs , with the final also being broadcast live. In 2019 the Camanachd Association named former Fort William and Scotland captain, Gary Innes as the competition's first ambassador. The trophy itself was created after public donations in 1896 by Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh . The player on

2880-472: The earlier shinnie – of which there is a written record about 100 years earlier. Shinnie may also derive from shin in English, with the affix -ie , a common termination to the name of many games in Scotland. The objective of the game is to play a small ball into a goal, or "hail", erected at the ends of a 140-to-170-yard-long (128 to 155 m) by 70-to-80-yard-wide (64 to 73 m) pitch. The game

2952-467: The field, measure 12 feet (3.66 m) wide and 10 feet (3.05 m) high and a net is affixed to catch the ball when a goal is scored. The ball is a hard solid sphere of around half the diameter of a tennis ball, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together. The seam is raised. It is very similar to a hurling sliotar in that it resembles an American baseball with more pronounced stitching. The permitted circumference

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3024-659: The final. In recent years the final has also been held at The Dell in Kingussie, Dunoon and at Old Anniesland in Glasgow. The 2022 Final was played at The Dell for the first time since 1999. The 2011 final was the first ever to go to extra time; no final has ever required penalties. The Man of the Match has been awarded the Albert Smith Medal since 1972. Between the years of 1990 (when Skye defeated Newtonmore) and 2012 (When Kyles Athletic defeated Inveraray) there

3096-495: The first ever All-North final and first ever final clash between heated rivals Kingussie and Newtonmore. Four teams have won the trophy three times in a row, Newtonmore, Kingussie, Kyles Athletic and Fort William. The highest margin of victory was in 1997 when Kingussie hammered Newtonmore 12–1. The highest scoring final, and the previous largest margin of victory was held by Newtonmore themselves, 11–3 with Furnace in 1907. Only Furnace (1923) and Newtonmore (2013) have gone through

3168-426: The foul is committed in the penalty area, commonly referred to as "The D". This results in a penalty hit from 20 yards (18 m). A ball played by a team over the opposing bye line results in a goal hit from the edge of the D, while a ball played by a team over their own line results in a corner. A ball hit over the sideline results in a shy: a shinty shy involves the taker tossing the ball above his head and hitting

3240-400: The game 4–3 with an extra time goal. Derek Cameron refereed. The 2012 final was played on 15 September at Mossfield Park, Oban. Kyles Athletic defeated Inveraray. The match was televised on BBC Two with commentary from Gary Innes. In 2013, Newtonmore lifted the trophy for the 30th time, without conceding a goal the whole tournament. The 2014 Camanachd Cup Final saw Kingussie win it for

3312-605: The late John Clamp and Leslie Rush. It was initially made possible by the generosity of Mrs Katherine Grant, whose late husband was president of the club for many years. The next development phase will be a multi-purpose building with changing rooms, training/meeting room, kitchen and spectator facilities. Kinlochshiel has a bright future ahead, with young stars such as Nathan Whear, Jonnie MacAskill and Fergus Dobson. The boys from Kyle, Glenelg and Dornie respectively, are all regular starters in Shiel's second team and are looking forward to

3384-615: The lid was modelled from Jock Dallas who played for Kingussie and whose great grandson, Ally Dallas, still plays for the same team. In 2006, the trophy made its way to New York City for the Tartan Day celebrations, the first time it had ever left Scotland . Celebrations of victorious teams have left the trophy in a fragile state. For example, it was left and then found in Somerled Square, Portree , after Skye Camanachd 's 1990 victory, as everybody had assumed somebody else

3456-691: The match finished a draw. They also entered the St Andrew's Sixes tournament in 2012. Following this, in December 2012, two more Cornish clubs were created; the first being the Combined Universities of Cornwall and the second being Mabe. These two teams put forward their best players to play for the Cornwall Shinty Club. There was a team in Northallerton in the 1970s, which competed in six-a-sides; and on 1 August 2012

3528-581: The name shinty are uncertain. There is a theory that the name was derived from the cries used in the game; "shin ye", "shin you" and "shin t'ye", other dialect names were shinnins , shinnack and shinnup , or as Hugh Dan MacLennan proposes from the Scottish Gaelic sìnteag . However, there was never one all-encompassing name for the game, as it held different names from glen to glen, including cluich-bhall ('play-ball' in English ) and in

3600-505: The names of the 1914 players, including those who gave their lives. In the 2015 final Lovat's goalkeeper Stuart MacDonald was the winner of the Albert Smith Medal as his side went on to win 2–1. The 2016 final saw Oban return to the show-piece occasion but in an uneventful game, Newtonmore reclaimed the trophy for their 31st win. The 2017 final saw both 2015 and 2016 Camanachd Cup champions face-off with Newtonmore retaining

3672-517: The only club outside of Badenoch, other than Fort William, to ever win the Premier title. Kinlochshiel played Lovat in the 2021 Camanachd Cup final, their first appearance in the final of the competition. They won the cup 3-1 in Oban. A few months later they added the MacTavish Cup with an 3-2 victory over 2019 Premiership Champions Kingussie. This completed a full list of senior honours for

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3744-481: The premiership with wins against Kingussie, Newtonmore and Kyles. The club consolidated their position within the premiership after 2012, but they did not vanquish relegation worries in 2013 until the last few weeks of the season. Relegation was also a worry towards the end of the season, and it took until Lochaber Camanachd's last game to cement Shiel's position in the Premiership for the following 2015 season. As

3816-496: The previous season only weeks before the next one would start. In 2003, shinty clubs voted for a trial period of two years of a summer season from March to October, with a view to moving permanently to summer shinty if the experiment was judged to be a success. Despite opposition from the "Big Two", Kingussie and Newtonmore , and other small groups in the game, an EGM in November 2005 voted by an overwhelming majority (well over

3888-574: The required two thirds) to make summer shinty the basis upon which the game would proceed. There have been teething problems since the move to summer shinty, with a couple of teams being culpable for the season running over into November and December. Season 2010 saw the league season finished by the first weekend in October, almost on schedule. Shinty does still get played during the winter, in University Shinty which has teams compete for

3960-720: The second most valuable trophy in Scottish sport – the Littlejohn Vase – and in New Year fixtures, the most prestigious of which is the Lovat Cup , played between Beauly and Lovat. For more information, see Shinty league system League shinty was originally organised on a regional basis, with distinct competitions for the North District and at one time, two separate leagues for Argyll (the Dunn League) and

4032-519: The second not based in Badenoch. In 2021 they completed a club grand slam by adding the Camanachd Cup and MacTavish Cup for the first time. The club was the result of an amalgamation of three clubs: Kin tail , Loch alsh and Glen shiel , who first joined forces in 1958. These teams competed for the Conchra Cup alongside Lochcarron . The club won its first trophies in the form of

4104-404: The second tier Christy Ring Cup . Scotland made it four in a row when they won in 2008. Canadian Gaelic -speaking pioneers in Nova Scotia adapted shinty, which was traditionally a winter sport , to the much colder Canadian climate by wearing ice skates while playing on frozen lakes. This led to the creation of the modern winter sport known as ice hockey . The game of shinny in Canada

4176-451: The start of the season drew closer, the first team would remain under Colin "Beaver" Fraser, whilst the second wiwouldll also stay under Willie "DoonceMoth" MacRae. Work started on the new pitch at Rèaraig, Balmacara in September 2014. The project, which it had been hoped to be ready for playing towards the end of the 2015 season, finally opened in 2020. It was funded by sportscotland and the Highland Council, as well as generous donations from

4248-468: The stick. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not bring their stick down on an opponent's stick, which is defined as hacking. A player may tackle an opponent using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder as in association football (soccer) . A player may only stop the ball with the stick, the chest, two feet together or one foot on the ground. Only the goalkeeper may use his hands, but only with an open palm since he

4320-435: The team for 2011. He guided the team to North Division 1 success in stunning form. The club moved from its traditional home at Kirkton to a new field at Rèaraig, which the club purchased in 2020. After the successful 2011 season, which saw Shiel become the only team to ever win the league with a 100% record, the 2012 season saw them reach the Camanachd Cup semi-final, which they lost to Inveraray, and consolidate strongly in

4392-419: The teams in the Premiership, who join the competition at the second round stage. There was formerly a Qualifying Cup. Traditionally, the trophy was competed for on a North/South basis with the best team from the North facing the best team from the South only in the final. In 1983 the open draw was introduced which resulted in the first, and until 2012, only all-South final, between Kyles and Inveraray. 1984 saw

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4464-410: The title against a spirited Lovat side. In 2021 Kinlochshiel defeated Lovat 3–1 in the Final held at Mossfield Park in Oban. A hat-trick from captain Keith MacRae ensured the Camanachd Cup would reside in Wester Ross for the first time in its 125-year history. In 2022, the final was held in Kingussie (having been scheduled for play there in 2020, but being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). It

4536-404: The title on 30 September 2006, having won their games in hand over Newtonmore. Kingussie regained the title in 2007. Since 2010, Newtonmore have been the dominant league force. Cup shinty has always been seen as being more important than league shinty, and the premier national competition remains the Scottish Cup or the Camanachd Association Challenge Cup, the Camanachd Cup for short. Until 1983

4608-409: The two games have several important differences. In shinty a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called a caman , which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it

4680-415: The usual games, but 2012 saw several games filmed live on BBC Alba. The sport is featured on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal by the programme, Spòrs na Seachdain, although English-language radio interest is usually restricted to the big events in the year. Commentary on the Camanachd Cup Final is provided in both English and Gaelic. Camanachd Cup The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup known as

4752-413: Was a repeat of the 1993 final. The 2009 final was held at Mossfield Park, Oban between Kyles Athletic and holders Fort William on 19 September. An exciting final saw Fort William take a 3–0 lead before being pegged back to 3–3 by a Kyles comeback with 10 minutes to go. Fort William achieved a three-in-a-row streak, however, thanks to a late goal by James "Big Jim" Clark and won the game 4–3. The match

4824-1347: Was a win for Kingussie the home-side, winning 3–1 against Lovat. The Camanachd Cup final is shown live on BBC Two Scotland . Glenmorangie and SSE plc have both sponsored the Camanachd Cup. In 2017 the cup was first sponsored by Tulloch Home. 1896 - Kingussie 2, Glasgow Cowal 0, at Inverness 1897 - Beauly 5, Brae Lochaber 0, at Inverness 1898 - Beauly 2, Inverary 1, at Inverness 1899 - Ballachulish 2, Kingussie 1, at Perth 1900 - Kingussie 1, Furnace 0, at Inverness ; replay played in Perth *final drawn in Inverness, replayed in Perth 1901 - Ballachulish 2, Kingussie 1, at Inverness 1902 - Kingussie 3, Ballachulish 1, at Inverness 1903 - Kingussie awarded Cup after final drawn in Perth , with Inverary refusing to play replay in Inverness 1904 - Kyles Athletic 4, Laggan 1, at Kingussie 1905 - Kyles Athletic 2, Newtonmore 0, at Inverness 1906 - Kyles Athletic 4, Newtonmore 2, at Inverness 1907 - Newtonmore 7, Kyles Athletic 2, at Kingussie 1908 - Newtonmore 5, Furnace 2, at Inverness 1909 - Newtonmore 11, Furnace 3, at Glasgow 1910 - Newtonmore 6, Furnace 1, at Kingussie 1911 - Ballachulish 3, Newtonmore 1, at Lochaber ( Newtonmore had won 3–2, but

4896-458: Was looking after it. So the board of directors at the Camanachd Association decided to have the trophy renovated and a replica made for presentation after finals. The replica was to be ready for the centenary final in 2007 in Inverness but the cost was too great, and the original trophy is still being used. The final is usually played on a rotation system, with An Aird in Fort William, the Bught Park in Inverness and Mossfield Park in Oban hosting

4968-521: Was not a final which did not feature either Kingussie or Fort William. Kyles Athletic won the Cup in 1994, the match refereed by John Henderson of Caol. Captain David Taylor received the trophy from Peter Cullen of sponsor Glenmorangie Distillery Co. Cullen died on 7 December 2011 in Edinburgh. Oban Camanachd won the trophy in 1996, The Centennial Final, under the management of Colin MacDonald. Ron Millican (Kiltarlity) refereed. BBC Radio Scotland provided live coverage with commentary by Iain Anderson. This

5040-407: Was played between Glenurquhart Shinty Club and Strathglass Shinty Club in Inverness . This game was attended by thousands of people and was a major milestone in developing a set of common rules. This fixture was to be repeated on 12 January 2007 in Inverness as the opening centrepiece of the Highland 2007 celebrations in Scotland, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The modern sport

5112-425: Was shown live on BBC 2 and BBC Alba. Ronnie Campbell refereed. The 2010 final was played at the Bught Park on 18 September 2010 between holders Fort William and Kingussie, who had not won the trophy since 2006. Fort William won 3–2 with a goal in the last 15 seconds from Gary Innes. Billy Wotherspoon refereed. The 2011 final was played at the Bught yet again as An Aird was undergoing repair work. Newtonmore won

5184-564: Was then followed by the STV show An Caman . 2009 saw the Camanachd Association sign a deal with BBC Alba to broadcast all national finals as well as the Marine Harvest Festival. The MacAulay Cup and Camanachd Cup final were also shown on BBC Two . There is also an increasing amount of shinty on the internet, with various clips garnering attention on video sites such as YouTube . 2011 was a sparse year for TV coverage outside of

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